Not a whole lot to report. We met with the surgeon as a follow-up on Friday as Holly was concerned about the swelling around the incision. The surgeon, Dr Flynn said it was normal and looked to be healing nicely.
We did get a copy of the preliminary pathology which is not final by any stretch of the imagination, but the preliminary "quick" diagnosis is that the cells look to be large B type lymphoma cells. If you have a medical background don't judge me on my misuse of the words, I don't have the paper in front of me.
The good news in this is that my brother had that type cell and was able to be cured with three 3 week sessions of chemo and radiation. The bad news is that we still don't know if it is localized to the lymph nodes or if it originated from someplace else in her system.
While in the waiting room, I reached out to an oncologist that Kristin found. We hope to hear back from them for an appointment sometime this week and hope to get the full pathology of the removed lymph node by Tuesday (hopefully).
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